Genesis 21:20

18 Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for ^aI will make him a great nation.”

19 Then ^aGod opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.

20 So God ^awas with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, ^band became an archer.

21 He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother ^atook a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

A Covenant with Abimelech

22 And it came to pass at that time that ^aAbimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, ^b“God is with you in all that you do.

23 Now therefore, ^aswear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Became an archer - And by his skill in this art, under the continual superintendence of the Divine Providence, (for God was with the lad), he was undoubtedly enabled to procure a sufficient supply for his own wants and those of his parent.

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